Beehive Book Review

from Arizona Beehive Magazine July August 2022 Issue

Wise & Willing to Work

Heart-to-Heart with Abagaba

By Cindy R. Williams

Looking for a book to bring a smile to your face to read this summer? The book “Heart-toHeart with Abagaba” has it all.

Celebrate sheer happiness from the brilliant and unique view of the world through the eyes of children. Celebrate their reverence and irreverence, their pure logic, joyful optimisms through a unique looking

Photo courtesy Abigail Ekua Dominguez Author Abigail Ekua Dominguez. glass. Kick off your shoes and sit back and reflect on the lessons we learn from our little ones.

Abigail Ekua Dominguez is the amazing woman behind the book. Dubbed “Abagaba” by a two-year old learning how to say her name, Abigail has a unique childhood herself. Born and raised in Ghana, West Africa, by her father and grandmother, she lived and vacationed in London, Italy, Germany and Norway before emigrating to the US, and landing in Mesa, Arizona.

She shares heartwarming, often humorous insights into the world around us from her many years’ experience as a Nanny and Teacher.

After taking a class on Child Family Advocacy from BYU-I, Abigail wanted to share with the world how incredible young children are. “Engaging in conversations with them allows their pure hearts to touch ours,” says Abigail. In a story titled “Great-Good” Abigail writes, I was feeding Dash’s little sister Esme in the kitchen when Dash walked in after waking up from his afternoon nap. I asked, “Dash, did you have a good nap or a great nap?” Dash replied, “I had a good one and a great one.”

He thought about it for a quick second and said, “Great-good. Aha! It was a great-good one.”

Absolutely. Why settle for good when you can zestfully express feelings of great-good all in one?”

The book illustrates how children are innovative with a sense of interest and wonder, a sense of play and sheer delight for nature and their love for other humans, just like Abigail herself.

Abigail’s second book, “My Mom’s Incredible Voice” will be released Thanksgiving, 2022. She describes this book as her story about “a mother and daughter’s separation in her early years, a reunion after almost four decades, and a rekindled love story between the daughter’s parents.”

“Heart-to-Heart with Abagaba” is available on Amazon.

Heart-to-Heart with Abagaba, A Nanny/Teacher Reflection.